1st Edition
A Concise Guide to Continuity of Care in Midwifery
Chapter 1: Introduction
Ellen Kitson-Reynolds
Chapter 2: Case load held practice and the national and international political/professional context
Maggie O'Brien
Chapter 3 Evidence base on case load held practice and outcomes
Lesley Turner and Marie Naish
Chapter 4: Practicalities – student experiences of case load held
Kitson-Reynolds and Kate Ashforth
Chapter 5: Considerations for practice supervisors, practice assessors and academic assessors
Marie Naish
Chapter 6: The emotional aspects of continuity of carer
Kate Ashforth and Emer Kelly
Chapter 7: Case load held experience lifelong learning and professional development
Emer Kelly, Kate Ashforth, Ellen Kitson-Reynolds with Lesley Turner
Chapter 8: Final project and Quality monitoring
Ellen Kitson-Reynolds and Kate Ashforth
Chapter 9: Transition from student to newly qualified midwife
Ellen Kitson-Reynolds and Kate Ashforth
Chapter 10: Resources
Biography
Ellen Kitson-Reynolds is a Principal Teaching Fellow and Midwifery Programme Lead at the University of Southampton, UK. She is also a Post-doctoral Clinical Academic Midwife and Professional Midwifery Advocate linked to the Princess Anne Hospital, Southampton.
Kate Ashforth is a clinical midwife working in a midwifery led pathway team for the University Hospitals Southampton NHS Foundation Trust.






